Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., Catalog No. 600, Hardware, Tools, Factory Supplies & Automotive Equipment

Hammacher, Schemmer & Co.. Hardcover. Good/None. Olive cloth boards with black titling that has orange background on front and spine, worn at spine ends and scuffed at front bottom corner. Light, 1/2-in. dampstain to edge of last 125 pgs. Interior clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Rear end paper creased. Page edges dulled with age. Large 8vo. (9 x 11 1/4 ins.) Not ex-library. Undated, but an introductory note mentions an upcoming building addition in April 1926, (with an artist's rendering). BOOK INFO: A progenitor of the catalog business and self-proclaimed America's longest-running catalog, Hammacher, Schlemmer has been selling merchandise since 1848, with catalog operations beginning in 1881, touting the concept that they offer items which are the 'only ones that do what they do.' Here is an early, scarce hardbound catalog of their then-wares, with B&W photos of their 3 buildings in NYC and 8 officers and directors, and one full-pg. terminal ad for The Hoover, 'Dust Dustlessly! It beats....as it sweeps as it cleans'. Table of contents and index provide reference to not just finely-drawn tools, but also explanatory articles and how-tos, such as data on soldering tools, suggestions for use of bevel protractors, and the uses of automobile cylinder reamers. Knobs, escutcheons, wheelbarrows, mercury plumb bobs, spark plugs, poultry netting, mop wringers...you'll want to place an order today for what they sold back then! Oversize/weight book, may require extra shipping. Ships from US. hardware; tools; equipment